Improvement in corner-hinges for trunk-trays



y J. HEISER., CORNER HINGES FOR TRU-NK TRAYS. 110.180.130.

Patented July 25,1876.l

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN BEISER, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORNER-HINGES FR TRUNK-TRAVS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 18A0, 130, dated July25,1876; application tiled April 1, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HEISER, of Milwaukee, in the county ofMilwaukee, in the State ot' Wisconsin, have invented certainImlprovernents in Tray-Hinges for Trunks, of

which the following is a specification:

My invention has for its object the hanging' ofthe lower tray ot a trunkwith journals and boxes, the boxes made in the form of angleirons,` letinto the corners .of a trunk, with a box or indentation in same for thejournals to rest in, so that the front side of the tray can be raised,and the back side resting on the journals, with a hook and cord, to holdthe front side up, hooked into the catch.

Figure l is a perspective view of a trunk with the tray and journals andboxes or bearings attached, and Fig. 2 a view of the journals and boxes.

A is a trunk and tray; B B, the boxes, made in the form of angleirons,and let into the back corners 'of a trunk; C O, the journals; D, a hookand cord, witl1 which the tray is held up when raised. These boxes forthe journals to rnnin are let into the corners of a trunk, so as to comejust even with the top otl the sides, and the journals are screwed ontothe backside of the tray, so that the journals lie in the boxes; andWhen the front side of the tray is raised the journals turn, and thetray may be hung up by the hook, and the tray rest on the journalsin theboxes.

I claim as my invention- The angle-irons B, adapted to strengthen the'corners ot' a trunk, and provided with an indentation to receive thejournal O, which forms hinges for the tray, substantially as described.

Y JOHN HEISER.

Witnesses:

J. B. SMITH, A. SCHATTENBERG.

